FAVORITE WEBSITES

Lolita: Hey Linda, where are you headed, I mean, what’s your favorite website? LINDA VIENS (Angeline/ Cosmic Trigger): One of my all time fave websites is www.disinfo.com, which is THE subculture search engine and a fantastic resource for all things “fringe,” subcultural, underground, politically radical, and just plain... out there! Lolita: Hey this is interesting, you can pick up 50 Things You’re Not Supposed to Know Volume 2 for only $9.95 and have it just in time for Christmas 2004. *** JOSH BOUGHEY (Phineus/ The Blind King): I build electronics as a hobby. With the right music playing, the long hours of repetitive soldering send me into a Zen-like meditative state, aka “flow,” where time essentially stops. Lately I've been listening almost exclusively to www.percussionlab.com—it features dozens of streams and MP3’s of full-length mostly live sets of some really unique experimental and electronic music. I click around 'til I find a style I like, then I’m set for the next 45 minutes to an hour plus, to listen to something completely new while I get all Zen. *** SUSANNA PORTE (The Cello Chix/Sgt. Maxwell’s Peace Chorus): CommonDreams.org. Best progressive news source. Rita: I did learn there that President Bush will veto any bill that states that waterboarding is torture. Maybe it should be tried out on him for all the lying he’s done. After all, it’s not torture. *** MIKE LANGLIE (Twink): My current favorite obnoxious cab company dispatcher blog is The Blank Top Chronicles (blanktop.blogspot.com). Where the customer is always wrong. I wish it were a radio show. Lolita: This is an entertaining read, but it doesn’t sound to me like the customer is always wrong—more like the customer is always crazy or irrational. *** ROB MORRIS (Vivian Darkbloom): Objectiveministries.org might be the best hoax website ever. At first glance, it appears to be a legitimate creation science website. The essays and features are content-rich and extremely well-written (though patently absurd). The site contains numerous links, and it is very easy to get lost. But this is intended, and is part of a pretty well wrought satirical device. Eventually you find yourself laughing at genuine content that wasn't meant to be funny. To my knowledge, no one has claimed credit for this site, but I definitely smell The Onion. *** BILLY CARL MANCINI (Bird Mancini/Sgt, Maxwell’s Peace Chorus): Preyinglizardmusic.com is my favorite site for listening to the best music I've never heard. It's startling how many great artists are out there with first rate recordings that somehow remain under the radar. You can stream a variety of shows or download them to your iPod. Preyinglizardmusic.com is reportedly the number one podcast worldwide, so getting your tunes on this is terrific exposure. DJ Les Lewellyn does the occasional interview as well, and is amazingly supportive. In his own words, “very cool.” *** CHUCK U. ROSINA (WMFO/WMBR): I can’t say I have a “favorite” website per se. There’s so much out there, it can sometimes seem daunting. Being the political animal that I am, I check out www.barrycrimmins.com for the latest in satirical commentary. A friend, Dr. T., has a very artsy site with cool original photos, videos and music at www.foryourhead.com. I look forward to seeing how others answer this question. *** SCOTT MATALON (Monolith): www.nlop.com—you can play Texas Hold ’em poker for free against other players live in real-time, from quick sit-n-gos to full tournaments—and you can win cash and prizes by playing. The National League of Poker is a local company (Framingham) and perhaps the only U.S.-legal poker site where you can play for free and win money in America. Lolita: I’m confused—is it a poker site or a poke-her site?